Hopefully, this post will trigger a complete turnaround by the Astros over the weekend that makes all of this moot. But here is a look at where the Astros are this Friday afternoon before Justin Verlander’s return to the rotation.

It’s time for some half-full, half-empty, or fully-empty looks at the Astros’ season to date.

The beginning of the Astros’ season has been a schizophrenic’s dream…

Back in better days, this would be the post where we would point out that between June 4 and June 19 of last season, the Astros went 3-10, so don’t sweat their 4-9 start. Last year, they still righted the ship, won the AL West, went to the ALCS, and came within one home win…

Yesterday was one of “those” days for Astros’ fandom.  We were all a bit upset when we heard Framber Valdez would be sitting out the start prior to the team announcing why? We were a bit confused when they said he would be replaced by Blair Henley, a pitcher who was not on the top…

The last time the Astros and Rangers faced off, there was a bit more at stake than there is for this early season weekend series in Arlington. If the 2023 ALCS is any guidance, and likely it is not, the Astros should sweep the Rangers in their home field.

Entering Monday night, though it was certainly not a must-win for the 0-4 Astros, it felt like the team needed to show they were ignoring the bad play and the bad luck of the Yankee sweep.

As regular readers of this post know, we created the acronym YIE (Yes It’s Early) a few years ago.